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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Torm" data-source="post: 1660536" data-attributes="member: 12706">Evil - the measure of the difference between what one KNOWS one should do, and what one wants to do.For example, a little old lady needs help across a busy city street, and you are able to make yourself available to do so. Simply helping means should and want are equal, and your evil score for this situation is 0. Not helping puts should and want a bit apart, so your evil score is a little bit. Pretending to help so that you can run off with her stuff - a little bit further, a little more evil. Pretending to help so you can take her stuff and "accidently" push her under oncoming traffic - much more distant, much more evil. Doing the previous, then using the situation to insinuate yourself into her grieving family's life and steal from them, too - well, you get the idea.And, yes, this definition does allow for insane people who don't understand the difference, or legitimately think they are doing what they should when doing very "socially broken" things. It's important to remember that this doesn't excuse them from being subject to law and "correctional measures" - law isn't just about preventing evil, it's about maintaining rules for a cohesive society, hopefully but not necessarily with the result of less evil.The important thing about this definition of evil is justification. There is frequently a mental voice that offers a justification for doing what you want, instead. Perpetrators of evil allow this voice to seduce them. In most people, this seduction only succeeds sometimes, and the subject is usually still aware they did wrong. Some people, though, give in, entirely - become evil.</blockquote>

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